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• Opening Ceremony
• Science and Innovation as a Global Enterprise
• Investing in Future Generations
• Plenary Session II.
• The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Achievement of The Millennium Development Goal
• Investing in Knowledge for Peace IPSO (Israeli-Palestine Science Organisation) Panel
• Plenary Session III. - Panel: Reviews of Representatives of Global Fora
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability I. - The Best Science-Based Governance Initiatives
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability II. - Paradigm Change for Sustainability - Sine Qua Nons
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability III. - Science-Based Politics towards a Paradigm Change
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability IV. - Moral Imperatives for Europe and the World
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" I.
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" II.
• Plenary Session IV.
• Parliament Plenary Session and Closing Plenary Session

Special Session on "Investing in Science, Technology and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments"

Friday, 9 November 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V., Roosevelt square 9.)
Room C

11.30 - 13.30
Special Session on "Investing in Science, Technology and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" I.

Organisers
UNESCO and ISESCO
Facilitators
Mustafa EL-TAYEB, Director Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO
Diana MALPEDE, Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO
Chair
Werner ARBER
1978 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Switzerland

Opening Addresses

• E. Sylvester VIZI
  President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Walter ERDELEN
  Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
• Mohammad SAAID DAYER
  Division of Sustainable Environment & Natural Resources, ISESCO

 

Budgeting from Science and Technology Perspective: The Role of Parliaments

Chair
Mustafa EL-TAYEB
Director Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO
Introductory Remarksby
M. R. ZOU'BI
Director General, Islamic -World Academy of Science

Speakers

• Hossam BADRAWI
  MP, Parliament of Egypt
• Slavica GRKOVSKA
  MP, Chairperson, Committee on Education, Science and Sports Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia
• Patrick AMURIAT OBOYI
  MP, Science and Technology Committee, Parliament of Uganda
• Ulla BURCHARDT
  MP, Chairperson, Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment, German Federal Parliament
• Discussion

National and Regional Experiences in Science and Technology Budgeting Process

Chair
Pallab GHOSH
Science Journalist, UK

Speakers

• Saviour CHISHIMBA
  MP, Chairperson, Science and Technology Committee, National Assembly of Zambia
• Gordana DUKIĂ
  MP, Chairperson, Board Education Science and Information, National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
  Parliament of Italy
• Fritz SCHIESSER
  MP, Committee for Science Education and Culture Council of States, Switzerland
• Hon. J. A. ABAYA
  MP, Chairperson, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Philippines
• Discussion

 

15.00 - 16.30
Special Session on "Investing in Science, Technology and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" II.

 

Organisers
UNESCO and ISESCO
Facilitators
Mustafa EL-TAYEB, Director Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO
Diana MALPEDE, Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO

Round Table Parliamentarians and Science Journalists

Chair
Walter ERDELEN
Assistant Director General for Sciences, UNESCO

Speakers:

• Virginijus DOMARKAS
  MP, Chairperson, Committee on Education, Science and Culture, Parliament of Lithuania
• Nadia EL-AWADY
  Science Journalist, Egypt
• Diran ONIFADE
  Science Journalist, Nigeria
• Heping JIA
  Science Journalist, China
• Silvia LUNA
  MP, Chairperson, Commission for Science and Technology, Chamber of Deputies, Mexico
• Discussion

Conclusions and Recommendations

• Mustafa EL-TAYEB
  Director, Science Policy and Sustainable Development Division, UNESCO
• Valeria ROMAN
  Science Journalist, Argentina